Advertising device.



No. 646,432. Patented Apr. a, |900. A. mamon aL.' J. Torr-amen.'

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No. 646,432. 'Patented Apr. 3, |900. A. HEIRUN &. L. J. TOFFELMIER.

ADVERTISING Device.

(Application led May 31, 1899.) (No Model.) l 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNiTED rS11/HES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBAN HEIRON AND LANCE JACOB TOFFELMIER, OF SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,432, dated April 3,1900.

Application tiled May 31, 1899. Serial No. 7181935. (No model.)

T0 all whomJ it nur?! con/cern:

Be it known that we, ALBAN HEIRON and LANCE JACOB TOFFELMIER, of SanLeandro,

or other place and arranged to display different advertisements insuccession and in a very attractive manner.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims. v Y A practical embodiment of our invention is representedin the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, in which` similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure lis an end elevation of the improve-v Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the same.

ment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of the revoluble cylinder forcarrying the advertising.

cards, and Fig. et is a sectional front elevation of the saine.

The'im'proved advertising device is mounted on two brackets A A', placeda suitable distance apart and secu red to a wall B or other supportlocated in the immediate neighborhood of a door C or other movableobject used to actuate the advertising device when opening or closingthe door in the manner hereinafter incre fully described. As shown inthe drawings, the advertising device is located above the door C, nearthe free end thereof, to accomplish the desired result when said door isopened or closed.

'In the brackets A A is journalcd the shaft D of a skeleton cylinder D,formed with heads D2 D3 D4, secured on the shaft D' and connected witheach other by pins D5, forming pivots for the 'frames E, carrying theadvertising-cards F F. Each of the frames E is provided with three barsE, rigidly connected with each other at their outer and inner ends bysets of cross-bars E2 E3, formed with bentup flanges for receiving andsupporting the advertising-cards F F. The cards F Fare placed lengthwisein the guideways formed bythe cross-bars E2 E3 and are locked inposition therein by a locking-bar E4, pivoted at E5 tothe middleframe-bar E" and engaging with its outer free end a hook E, likewisesecured to the middle frame-bar El, as will be readily understood byreference to Figs. l and 2. The locking-bars E4 are preferably bent,

as shown in Fig. l, to engage with their mid-v die portions thecorresponding card F or F* and to allow of springing their outer endsinto or out of the hook E6 when' opening or closing thebar. Each of theframe-barsE is providedat its inner end with afoot E7, adapted to rideon the peripheral surface of a corresponding hub D6 for a head D2, D3,orD4, so that the corresponding frame is lprevented from swinging inonedirection, but is free to swing in the opposite direct-lomas will beread'ilyvunderstood by reference to Figs. land 2.' When vthe foot E7engages the. hub D, then the corresponding frame stands radially to theaxis of the cylinder D and remains in this position until the frame haspassed an uppermost position and left the free endof a spri 11g-pressedretainingfarm G, pivoted to a bracket G', at-

tached to the Wall or other support B. The

retaining-arm G is pressedl on at its inner end by a spring G2, so as tohold the free end of the armin Contact with the vouter end of the middleframe-bar E of a frame E, moving into an uppermost position, and thedownward swinging motion of said arm is limited by a stop-pin G3,adjustably held in the bracket G and engaging the rear end of said arm.A guide G4 on the bracket G also serves to guide the rear end of the armG to prevent accidental displacement of the same.

It is evident that when the cylinder D is rotated the frames E in movinginto a lowermost position successively and while standing radially, asdescribed, finally come in contact with the retaining-arm G, and whilethe cylinder is at the period of rest one oi' the frames E has themiddle arm E engaged by ICO 'in view of passers-by or customers, as willbe readily understood by reference to Fig. l. It is understood that thetwo cards F F are placed hack to' back on the correspondingl frame E,and when the device is in use the two cards displayed are those ofadjacent frames, one of which is held in an uppermost position by theretaining-arm G and the other is nearly in a lowermost position, restingwith its bars El on theV foot ET of the previouslydropped frame, as willbe seen by reference to Fig. 3L

In order to impart a desired intermittent rotary motion to the cylinderD fromthe door C when opening or closing the latter, the followingdevice is provided: On one end of the shaft D' of the cylinder Dissecured a starwheel H, provided on opposite faces with sets of teethIl' H2, each havin g a foot H3 resting 'against the polygonal hub H4 ot'the starcessivel y en gaged by a friction-roller I', journaledon theupper end of a lever I, fulcrumed at or near its middle at l2 cna slideJ, mounted to move transversely in suitable gnideways or bearings A2,arranged on the brackets A A'.

The slide J is provided near its lower end with wheels J', traveling onthe lowermost guideway A2, to easethe forward and backward movement ofthe slide in the said guideway. The lower end of the lever I normallyabuts against a pin I3, held on the slide J, and the opposite side ofthis end of the lever is pressed on by a pin I4, engaged by a coilspringI3, held in a casing I6, attached to the slide, so that the lever Inormally abuts against the pin 13, but is free to swing with the lowerend inward and with the frictionroller I outward at the time the slide Jis on the inward stroke in the direction of the a-rrow b'. The rear endof the slide J is pivotally connected by a link J3 with the uprightmember K of a three-armed lever K, fulcrnmed at K2 on a bracket A3,secured to or formed on the bracket A. The other arms K3 K4 of the leverK are pivotally connected with vertical arms L L', respectively, ofshoes L2 L3, respectively adapted to be engaged alternatel y by frictionrollers N N, respectively journaled on a bracket N2, secured to the doorC, at the upper end thereoit', as is plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.The arms L L' are guided on pins L5, held on the bracket A3 andextending through vertical slots L4 in said arms, so that when theseveral parts are in the position shown in Figs. l and 2 and the door Cis opened then the friction-roller N' by coming in contact with theunder side of the inclined shoe L3 imparts an upward sliding motion tosaid shoe and it-s arm L to impart a swinging motion to the three-armedlever K in the direction of the arrow c' to move the slide J inward inthe direction of the arrow b'. When the door is closed, the otherfriction -roller N moves in contact with the inclined under side of theshoe L2 to impart an upward sliding motion to said shoe to cause thelever K to swing in the inverse direction of the arrow c', so as tomovethe slide J outward back to its formerposition. (Shown in Fig. l.)It is understood that when the shoe L3 is moved upward, as described,the other shoe L2 moves downward while opening the door, and when thedoor is closed and the shoe L2 is moved upward then the other shoe L3 ismoved downward to bring the parts back into the position shown in Fig. 1vat the time the door is closed.

When the door is opened and the slide J is caused to move in thedirection of the arrow Z1', then the roller Itmoves in engagement withthe lowermost tooth H or H2 and imparts a rotary motion to the wheel Hand `to the shaft Dl in the direction of the arrow ct', so as to movethe frame E engaged by the 'retaining-arm G outofengagement with thelatter to allow this frame to drop and display the otheradvertising-card F', as previously described, at the time the nextfollowing frame E moves in engagement with the retaining-arm G and comesto' a standstill near the free end of said arm at the time thefriction-roller I moves out ot engagement with said tooth H' or H2. Whenthe door closes, the slide J is caused to travel back to its previousposition, and in doing so the friction-roller I' comes in contactv withthe now lowermost tooth II or H2; but as this tooth is free to swingoutwardly said friction-roller N passes the tooth without turning thestar-wheel in the inverse direction of the arrow a. The lever I isspring-pressed, as described, to permit it to readily yield a shortdistance at the time the friction-roller I engages the tooth for turningthe star-wheel, so that a gradual movement of the star-wheel takes placewithout danger of breaking any 'of the parts and dead-center position ofthe lever I is avoided.

The cylinder D is-locked against accidental movement, and for thispurpose a lockingwheel O is provided, secured on the head D2 andprovided with teeth O, of which the uppermost tooth is adapted to beengaged by a notch P in a pawl P, pivotcd at P2 on a ICC IIO

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bracket A'l on the bracket A. The pivotal end of the pawl P is providedwith a downwardly-extending arm P3, pressed on byv a spring P4 forholding the pawl P in engagement with the uppermost tooth O, thedownward swinging motion of the pawlbeinglimited, however, by a stop-pinP5 engaging the arm P3, said stop-pin being adjustably held on thebracket A4. y

Now in order to lift the pawl P ont of engagement with the' tooth Opreviously to the friction-roller l moving in contact with thelowermost'tooth H or H2 at the time the slide .l moves in the directionof the arrow b", the said pawl is provided with a friction-roller P,adapted to be enga-ged by the upper cam end of an arm P7, bolted orotherwise fastened to the slide J.

By reference to Fig. l it will be seen that the friction-roller I is adistance away from the lowermost tooth when the slide J is in an outerposition; but the upper end of the arm P7 is in engagement with thefriction-roller PG, and when the slide J moves inward said arm P7 actsonthe friction-roller P to swing the pawl P upward out of engagement withthe tooth O', so that the wheel O, and consewheel and the cylinder andwith it the lock-j ing-wheel O.

The forward side wan 0f the noter; r' of` Y, the'pawl P is preferablyformed by the head Q of a rod Q,`itted to slide in a bearing P5, carriedon the forward end ofthe pawl P,

and said rod Q' is pressed on by a spring Q?,

heldin said bearing. The head Q, is thus cushioned to permit properengagement of the uppermost tooth O by. the pawl P and allow the pawl toreadily swingupward by the action of the arm P7;

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A machine of the class described,coniprising a revoluble cylinder, frames pivoted to the cylinder andeach adapted to carry a card on each side, said frames when standingradially to the axis of the cylinder being free to swing in onedirection but held from swinging in the opposite direction, means forintermittently rotating the cylinder, and a retaining-arm above thecylinder and adapted to engage the frames successively to hold them inan uppermost position to display the card on one side thereof, the saidframes when disengaged from the retaining-arm falling nearly to theirlowermost position to display the card on the opposite side, whereby twocards, one 0n the frame held by the retaining-arm, and the other by theframe which has been disengaged from said arm and fallen, will beexposed to view, substantially as described.

2. A machine of the class described, comprising a revolnble cylinder,frames pivoted on the cylinder and provided with means t'or carrying anadvertising-card on eachv side, said frames being provided at theirinner ends with feet projecting from one side and riding Iupon the hubof the said cylinder, whereby the frames when standing radially to theaXis of the cylinder are free to swing in one direction but areprevented from swinging in the opposite direction, the said feet alsoserving I as abutments for the frames to support the fallen one in aninclined position, means for imparting an intermittent rotary motion tothe cylinder, and a yielding retaining-arm above the cylinder andadapted to successively engage the frames, substantially as dcscribed.

3. A machine of the class described, comprising a revoluble cylinder,frames pivoted lon the cylinder and provided with means for carrying anadvertising-card on each side, said frames being provided at their innerends with feet projecting from one side and riding on the hub of thecylinder, a star-wheel on the cylinder, an intermittently-reciprocatingslide having means for imparting intermit- .tent rotary motion to thestar-wheel and acl tuated from adoor or the like, and a yieldingretaining-arm above the cylinder and adapted tosuccessively engage thesaid frames, subd stantially as described. p 4. A machine of the classdescribed, comprising a revolnble cylinder, frames pivoted on thecylinder and provided on each side 'with means for holdingdisplay-cards, said IOO frames being provided at theirinner ends portingadvertising-cards,a star-wheel on said cylinder, a slide mounted to movetransversely to said cylinder, a three-armed lever.-

connected with said slide, and shoes adapted to be engaged by a movabledoor, window or the like upon opening or closing the same, to

. impart a swinging motion to said three-armed lever and move saidslidetransversely in its bearings, to impart an intermittent rotary motion'to said star-wheel and cylinder, as setA forth.

6. A machine of the class described,vcom prising a cylinder, card-framesheld thereon, a star-wheel on the cylinder and having pivoted teeth withfeet for engaging the hub of the star-wheel, a reciprocating slidemoving transversely to said cylinder, a pivoted and spring-pressed leveron said slide and carrying a friction-roller for engaging one of theIOSv teeth of the star-wheel at a time and a lever mechanism foroperating the slide from a moving object, substantially as shown anddescribed.

7. A machine of the class described, comvstar-Wheel, a reciprocatingslide moving transversely to said cylinder, a lever pivoted on saidslide and carrying a friction-roller for engaging one of the teeth ofthe star-wheel at a time, a stop-pin for said lever, and aspring-pressed pin for pressing the lever on the side opposite to thatengaged by said stoppin, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a cylinder,a reciprocating slide, and means for imparting intermittent rotarymotion to the cylinder from said slide, of a toothed locking-Wheel onthecylinder, a pivoted and spring-pressed pawl for engaging the teeth ofthe said Wheel provided with a lateral projection, and anupwardly-projecting arm rigidly secured to the slide and having acam-shaped upper end adapted to engage the projection of the paWl, toraise it out of engagement with the said wheel, substantially asdescribed.

9. A machine of the class described, provided With a cylinder, areciprocating slide having means for imparting intermittent rotarymotion to said cylinder, a locking-Wheel on said cylinder, aspring-pressed pawl pro vided with anotch for engaging the teeth of saidlocking-wheel one Wall of the notch being yielding, and an arm carriedby said slide for engaging said pawl, to unlock the Wheel, substantiallyas shown and described.

10. In a machineof the class described, the combination with a cylinder,a reciprocating slide, and means for imparting intermittent rotarymotion to the cylinder from said slide, of a toothed locking-wheel, apawl provided with a notch, one Wall of Which is formed by the head of asliding and spring-pressed rod, mounted in the free end of the pavvl,and an arm carried by the slide for disengaging the pawl from the Wheel,substantially as described.

ll. A machine of the class described, provided With a cylinder mountedto rotate intermittently, and card-frames pivoted on said cylinder andeach having a foot projecting from one side and engaging the hub of thecylinder, to hold the frame in radial position during part of arevolution of the cylinder and to allow theframe to drop from anuppermost into a lowermost position during a portion of a revolution ofthe cylinder and to rest against the foot of the preceding frame,substantially as shown and described.

l2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with acylinder, card frames thereon, a reciprocating slide, and means foroperating the cylinder from the slide, of shoes adapted to be struck bya moving object, and a three-armed lever, two of the arms beingconnected to the shoes and the other arm to the slide by a link,substantially as described.

13. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with a cylinder, card-frames thereon, a reciprocating slide,and means for operating the cylinder from the slide, of a pivotedthree-armed lever, a link connecting one armof the lever to the slide,and shoes provided with arms having guided movement on a support and towhich the other arms of the said lever `are pivoted, substantially asdescribed. i

14. In a machine of the class described, the v combination withv acylinder, cardfframes thereon, and a star-Wheel on the shaft of thecylinder and having pivoted teeth, of a slide below the star-wheel, apivoted and springpressed lever on the slide and projecting into thepath of the teethof the star-wheel, a swinging lever, a link connecting`the lever with the slide, and means for swinging said lever from adoor. or the like, substantially as described.

ALBAN HEIRON. LANCE JACOB TOFFELMIER. YVitnesses:

JOHN BLACK, J oHN SINGLETON.

